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Request for custom tools - selection to file

Asked by Bruce M. Axtens

Currently we have %f for the entire buffer to be written out to a file and that temporary file made available to scripts. Could we also have the selection available as a temporary file as well as the %t or %T selection.

I've written a tool to evaluate scripts in the form '$[' language ':' script ']$' but would like to be able to limit evaluation to the selected script rather than evaluate the entire buffer, which is the default when running a custom tool.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#1

This question was expired because it remained in the 'Open' state without activity for the last 15 days.

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Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg) said : 		#2

You can get the selection as an parameter, you would need to write it out to a tmp file in your script.

REgards,

Jaap

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Bruce M. Axtens (bruceax) said : 		#3

Thanks, Jaap.

The problem with that in the Windows context is that the command line isn't as smart as it is in Linux. If the selection contains a newline then the Windows CLI interprets the command as finishing at that point. Thus I can't captures a multiline selection to a temporary file.

It was for the benefit of Windows users forced to function with a sucky CLI that I originally asked for the selection to be saved to file.

Kind regards,
Bruce.

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Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg) said : 		#4

Ah, I hadn't foreseen that ....

I have an idea on the shelve that might help here: what if we allow custom
tools to behave as pipes?

In this case you would get selection on STDIN and STDOUT is used to replace
it.

Would that work for you ?

Regards,

Jaap

On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Bruce M. Axtens <
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> Question #266872 on Zim changed:
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> Status: Expired => Open
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> Bruce M. Axtens is still having a problem:
> Thanks, Jaap.
>
> The problem with that in the Windows context is that the command line
> isn't as smart as it is in Linux. If the selection contains a newline
> then the Windows CLI interprets the command as finishing at that point.
> Thus I can't captures a multiline selection to a temporary file.
>
> It was for the benefit of Windows users forced to function with a sucky
> CLI that I originally asked for the selection to be saved to file.
>
> Kind regards,
> Bruce.
>
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Bruce M. Axtens (bruceax) said : 		#5

Jaap

That sounds like an idea worth pursuing. If I knew any Python I'd give it a shot myself.

Kind regards,
Bruce.

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